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superphosphate

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su⋅per⋅phos⋅phate

[soo-per-fos-feyt]
–noun Chemistry.
1. Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
2. Also called triple superphosphate. a mixture prepared with phosphoric acid and containing about 45 percent of soluble phosphates, used as a fertilizer.

Origin:
1790–1800; super- + phosphate
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su·per·phos·phate   (sōō'pər-fŏs'fāt')   
n.  
  1. An acid phosphate.

  2. A mixture of gypsum and monobasic calcium phosphate resulting from the action of sulfuric acid on phosphate rock, used as a fertilizer.

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